Pipe-hanger.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. G. W. HAYDEN.

PIPE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 001224, 1904.

F I G-l- MIA 2532's; Q66 fad/61 UNITED srArss PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE w. HAYDEN, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CRANE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

PIPE-HANGER.

To all whom itmmy concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for supporting or sus ending pi es and the like from over-head eams, an it has for its principal objects, to simplify and cheapen the construction of ipe hangers, to provide an easily removab e supporting ring with means for securely looking it when closed, and means for adjusting the pipe level, and to. generall improve the structure and operation of sue devices. These objects, and other advantages to hereinafter ap ear, I attain bymeans of the construction 1 ustrated in preferred form in the accom anying drawin wherein Figure 1 is a si e elevation oft e clamping head of the hanger, with its jaws;

Figure 2 is an elevation at right-angles to thatof Figure 1, and showing the clamping jaws in section; j

Figure 3 shows in side elevation the hanger ring, and in section its attachment to the sus ending rod or pipe 1 igure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation similar to that of Figure 3, showing the ad- I justing nut and locking ring, and

Figure 5 is a horizontal section and fplan showing the adjusting nut at the top 0 the han er ring.

Vhile the device is applicable to any style of beam or other means for suspendin the p(i1pe,I have shown it in the drawing as a apte to engage the lower flange of an I-beam,

and in such a construction the device is susupon their outer faces with upper and lower flanges of different depths corresponding with the taper of the sides of the, opening as illustrated m Figure 2. The arms 7 and 8 are of a less height than the o ening, and are forced into engagement wit the tapering Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24, 1904. Serial No. 229.773.

Patented July 17, 1906 sides thereof and with each other, so as to clamp the whole together when they are pushed upward by screwing the sus ending rod or'pipe 9 into the head 6, as will be apparent and at the lower end of this rod or pipe is screw threaded into a suspendin nut 10 which is provided with an annular flange 13.

The pipe to be supported is engaged by the hanger ring com deed of the two arms 11 and 12 which may e hinged at the bottom by any desired device, but which I have shown as attached together by means of an eye having a cross bar 14 which engages the hook 15 on the arm 12. The two arms at the top are of proper form to fit neatly upon the nut 10 over t e. flange .13 for sup ort thereon, and they are held together in p ace on the nut 10 by means'of the ring 16 which slips down over an upwardly projecting collar on said two members. Both the ring-and the arms 11 and 12 of course embrace the nut 10 above its supplorting flange.

By t s construction it will be seen that the arms 7 and 8 are readily adjustable to any size flange on the I-beam and that when ut in place they are firmly locked against s iding upon one another by screwing the rod or pipe 9 up into the head 6 so as to closely wedge thesaid members in the head as heretofore described. The su port for the pipe may be readily removed y lifting the ring 16 and opening arms 11 and 12, but without liftin the rin 16 it will be seen that it is impossi 1e for t e arms 11 and 12 to come off the support 10. It will also be observed that without removing the arms 11 and 12 the ipe may be raised or lowered to adjust the evel or alinement by turning the nut 10 which as seen in Figure 5 is made in hexagonal form so as to accommodate a wrench. Various other advantages of the device will readily occur to those familiar with the art. Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the folanda suspension member screw-threaded in said hea and adapted to engage the arms within said opening so as to clamp the parts of the device together.

2. A pipe hanger comprising in combination, a head provided with anppenin an arm fitting in said opening and slldable t erein, and a suspension member screw-threaded in said head and adapted to engage the arms within said openin so as to clamp the parts of the device toget er.

3. A ipe hanger comprising in combination, a ead rovided with an opening having inclined sides, arms fitting in said opening and means adapted to force said arms into engagement with said inclined sides, so

as to clamp the parts of the device together.

4. A ipe hanger comprising in combination, a ead provided with an opening having inclined sldes an arm fitting in said opening and means adapted to force said arm mto engagement with said inclined sides, so as to clamp the parts of the device together.

5. A ipe hanger comprisin in combination, a t readed sus ension ro a head having a wedge-shape opening and. a pair of arms slidable therein, said rod screwing into the head and adapted to force said arms into engagement with the sides of the openin so as to clamp the parts of the device toget ier.

6. A pipe hanger comprising in combination, a head, suspension arms sliding therein, a supporting rin located below said head, a suspension mem er connectin the head and ring, said suspension mcmberbeing adapted to clam the arms in the head, and means connectnw the ring and suspension member whereby the ring may be raised and lowered independently of the head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunder signed my name in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

GEORGE W. HAYDEN. Witnesses:

F. W. H. CLAY, Ancnwon'rn lldARlIN. 

